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title: "Crevice Spiny Lizard"
description: "Sceloporus poinsettii — Reptiles. Sceloporus poinsettii, the crevice spiny lizard, is a species of small, phrynosomatid lizard."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/crevice-spiny-lizard
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Crevice Spiny Lizard

> Sceloporus poinsettii — Reptiles. Sceloporus poinsettii, the crevice spiny lizard, is a species of small, phrynosomatid lizard.

- Scientific name: *Sceloporus poinsettii*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 4341
- Wikidata: [Q2709899](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2709899)
- iNaturalist taxon: [36189](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/36189)

## Names

- en: Crevice Spiny Lizard
- de: Stachelleguan
- es: Lagartija espinosa norteña de grieta

## Countries with the most observations

US (3392), MX (587)

## Summary

Sceloporus poinsettii, the crevice spiny lizard, is a species of small, phrynosomatid lizard.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sceloporus_poinsettii

## Photo

![Crevice Spiny Lizard](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/crevice-spiny-lizard/medium.jpg)

Photo: scott_young · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/56143516

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/crevice-spiny-lizard?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).